His Excellency Dr.
Ahmed Shaheed
UN Special
Human Rights Rapporteur on Iran
Office of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Palais des
Nations
CH-1211 Geneva
10, Switzerland
19th October
2011
Your
Excellency,
We are writing
to you today to express our gratitude for your first report on Iran, which has
highlighted the abysmal situation of human rights violations.
Notwithstanding we are astonished and confounded that it did not contain any
reference to the case of Ayatollah Seyed Hossein Kazemeini Boroujerdi, who has
been incarcerated since October 2006 in Evin and Yazd prisons—without one day
of sick leave as has been customary with other prisoners and despite
recommendations from the prison’s medical office. Indeed at one point he
spent 400 days in solitary confinement.
For over 20
years Mr Boroujerdi has advocated strict adherence to the United Nations
Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as calling for
Iran to abide by all its international obligations. He was arrested
following clashes between his followers who were acting as human shield and the
Iranian police, security forces and Basij militia. He was tried in the
Special Court of Clergy without access to legal representation. His house and
all of his belongings were confiscated. To force him into signing a statement
renouncing his beliefs, he has been subjected to the most inhumane forms of
physical and psychological torture. His closest family members and many
of his supporters have been periodically arrested and tortured.
Your
Excellency, we refer you to the multitude of documents and reports that have
been issued and disseminated by human rights groups and organizations.
His family has also presented your office with further information and documentation.
To date not one responsible state official has issued any written report or
statement explaining the legal case against Mr Boroujerdi.
We have
attached for your review and perusal the most recent documents concerning his
plight. Indeed we appeal to you publish an addendum to your report or urgently
issue a separate statement in respect of his critical health condition and
human rights violations against him, his family and followers.
We are ready to
cooperate with you to answer any questions or provide further
information. We would be most grateful if you could please advise us what
steps you propose to take to rectify this lapse in your otherwise excellent
report.
Yours
sincerely,
On behalf of
Ayatollah Kazemeini Boroujerdi's Followers
Read More:
A message from Ayatollah Kazemeini-Boroujerdi to the
66th annual UN general assembly, http://www.bamazadi.org/2011/09/message-from-ayatollah-kazemeini.html
Iranian cleric
jailed for dissident views 'has deteriorating health problems', Kazemeyni Boroujerdi is suffering from worsening
Parkinson's, diabetes and high blood pressure, according to Amnesty,
Saeed
Kamali Dehghan, guardian.co.uk,
Monday 10 October 2011 18.18 BST, http://www.bamazadi.org/2011/10/iranian-cleric-jailed-for-dissident.html
Boroujerdi Suffers Heart Attack and Pulmonary Edema, http://www.bamazadi.org/2011/10/boroujerdi-suffers-heart-attack-and.html
Rebel Ayatollahs, Upstream
Journal Summer 2011 Vol. 24 No. 1, by: Michelle Booth: Iran, which purports to
represent ‘political Islam’, has become the role model for injustice and
violence, http://www.bamazadi.org/2011/10/rebel-ayatollahs.html
If Obama seriously wished to defend innocent
civilians against murderous regimes, he would rally to the side of one of the
world’s truly heroic figures, the Ayatollah Hossein Kazemeini Boroujerdi,
imprisoned for more than six years and subjected to severe torture.
Amazingly, he has continued his campaign from within Tehran’s grim Evin
Prison. No charges have ever been brought against him, although it is
obvious that he has been singled out for advocating separation of mosque and
state, toleration of minority religions, and respect for the civil rights of
the Iranian people. In recent days he has suffered a heart attack, but
has been denied medical attention. If he dies, perhaps the winged troika
of Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice, and Samantha Power, and their many admirers,
will mourn the death of this fine man, whom they have judgedunworthy of
American support.
An Appeal to International Human Rights Lawyers By Mr.Hossein
Kazemeini Boroujerdi, http://www.bamazadi.org/2011/08/appeal-to-international-human-rights.html
Amnesty International: Iran: Appeal for action re:
Iranian prisoners in need of medical care: Health professional action,
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